Eridania Batista-Deleon was charged with possession of cocaine after $865,000 worth of cocaine was allegedly found in a car that he was in.

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A New York couple stopped on Route 287 for a traffic infraction was found to be carrying 24 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of $865,000 secreted in a hidden compartment of their vehicle, according to State Police.

A state trooper on Saturday around 8 a.m. stopped a 2007 Subaru Tribeca on Route 287 North in Parsippany for an unspecified moving violation. The trooper "developed probable cause" to conduct a search, which revealed 24 separate packages believed to each contain a kilogram of cocaine, according to State Police spokesman Sgt. Adam Grossman.